Speaking Words of Life

The Bible has many encouragements to watch what we say – Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit. There will be fruit, consequences, from the words we say – and those consequences will bring either life or death.

Words spoke with this heart or attitude bring death because when they come out of our mouth the spirit of our listener is crushed.

As opposed to the times when we speak words of life; words of life lift up, encourage and strengthen the listener. Words of life are words spoken with: kindness, faith, hope, love, patience, trust and belief.

About The Author

My name is Belinda, and I’m married to Peter. We have four children: Joshua 21, Jessica 19, Naomi 16, Daniel 15. We live in the far north of Australia, which is still considered ‘outback’ Australia. We have been homeschooling for 16years, and it has truly become our way of life where we can strengthen our relationships with our kids and enable them to grow with the unique passions and abilities that they have been given. Though writing for my blog, newsletter and website take some of my creative time, I also love to scrapbook – especially now that I’ve discovered digital scrapping! Peter’s and my passion is to see God’s family – the church – built up and strengthened to walk our daily lives reflecting Jesus’ grace and truth.